Chapter 465: News Regarding the Conferral

Jinyu City, inside the Fleming Family manor.

Knight Qiaosi walked in quickly and handed a letter to Mailun.

"My lord, this is a letter sent over by the family; they say Partridge is not dead."

Mailun was very surprised; he hurriedly took the letter to check it and could not help but frown.

Both he and the people of the Hunter family thought Partridge was a goner, never expecting the other party to still be alive.

Mailun placed the letter on the table to the side and said gloomily, "Luoning was actually able to capture a Meteor Knight alive. It seems that, just as the outside world says, he has already become a Blazing Sun Knight!"

Although he and Luoning had had two brief encounters, he had not thought that highly of the other party.

But things had changed too quickly!

A Blazing Sun Knight was someone even he had to admire and had to be wary of!

Although in this world, great nobles can decide many things, an absolute powerhouse can completely break this rule.

Clearly, Luoning had already grown to a level where they had to attach extreme importance to him.

Qiaosi could not help but remind him, "My lord, you may have forgotten that when we attacked Jiliu Island, Luoning was still fighting Count Hesusu in Yueguang Valley; he had no time to go to Jiliu Island at all."

Mailun was clearly stunned for a moment; busy with a thousand tasks, he had indeed overlooked this point.

"That is true!"

He stood up, "Then how was Partridge captured alive?"

Qiaosi shook his head and said with some hesitation, "Perhaps there are other powerhouses on Jiliu Island besides Kalada? After all, Luoning and Lulansi have deployments in both Wubei Port and Zilei Territory; they likely wouldn't have ignored Jiliu Island either."

"Wushan Territory, and this grandfather and grandson duo..."

Mailun suddenly felt very annoyed, "Have people go to Crescent Island to keep watch. After Partridge returns, tell him to come to Jinyu City to see me immediately. I really want to know how, after giving him so many men and equipping him with so many weapons, he managed to lose this war!"

Qiaosi was stunned for a moment, "My lord, Crescent Island hopes we can sponsor some warships and gold coins. What do you think?"

"Let them find a way themselves!"

Mailun said angrily, "This time when they went to sea, I equipped them with five warships, ten Magic Cannons, a large batch of Magic Arrows, and five Knight Squads. I only let Partridge lead the team, and he still managed to lose!"

"Now he has returned alive, but my things have all fallen into the hands of the other party! It's enough that I haven't held Crescent Island accountable, and yet they actually want me to pay a ransom?"

Previously, out of consideration for Partridge having died in battle, he hadn't wanted to say anything to Crescent Island.

Now that the other party wasn't dead but had lost all his supplies, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Qiaosi had wanted to say something more, but thinking of the huge losses Partridge had caused Mailun, he swallowed his words.

"Very well, my lord. I will go notify the Hunter family now and let them find a way themselves. However, given Crescent Island's accumulation, the ransom should be no problem."

Having said that, he exited the room.

Mailun suppressed the anger in his heart and paced the room.

"Father has gone out to travel, and I don't know if he has gained anything or when he will be back. This Wushan Territory is becoming increasingly aggressive; without a formidable Transcendental sitting in the family, many things are handled with a sense of insecurity."

His several schemes against Luoning now appeared to have all failed.

Although the losses were not great, it left him feeling extremely displeased while also not knowing how to respond.

After all, in all these years, no opponent had ever appeared who was a Blazing Sun Knight.

"From today on, I must increase investment in defense."

He was very worried about how he would respond if such a powerhouse disguised himself as an assassin to carry out an assassination.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, ten days had passed.

The ransom and warships for Crescent Island had all been delivered to Jiliu Island. Now able to walk, Partridge boarded a ship with his son's support and left this place of sorrow.

There were now as many as ten ships docked at the Jiliu Island port, making it very crowded.

Luoning had Lisi arrange for men to sail three of the warships back to Wubei Port so that the Wubei Territory navy would also have enough ships.

With this, he had finished dealing with all the chain events brought about by the Battle of Yueguang Valley.

The most important gains were the four types of items: Magic Cannons, warships, Griffins, and Mithril, which greatly enriched Luoning's armaments.

Luoning returned to Zhaozebao and had wanted to rest well and prepare for the grand wedding in over three months, but the outside world clearly had no intention of letting him rest.

"Brother, this time I brought a total of eighty people!"

Buleidun sat in the living room and took a sip of the barley tea Beila had served; it was slightly bitter with a hint of sweetness, and the taste was quite good.

Recently, Buleidun had sent talent to Wubei Territory more than once or twice, including those who could paint, those skilled in statistics, and those with outstanding abilities in manual crafts.

Most of them had received an education and possessed at least the ability to listen, write, and read.

This greatly alleviated the level of illiteracy in Wubei Territory, and even Wilson no longer complained about there being no one worth cultivating.

"Well done, Buleidun!"

Luoning gave a thumbs up, "I plan to open a school in Wubei Territory for everyone, and I need a group of people skilled in language, writing, mathematics, and statistics to come and be teachers. Continue to keep an eye out for me."

"Hehe, leave it to me!"

Buleidun laughed, "It just so happens that Grandfather gave me a Griffin as a mount. Once it's trained and I can ride it, it will be convenient for me to travel back and forth."

Although Lulansi thought extremely highly of Luoning, he had not ignored Buleidun, who also had good talent.

In his view, once Buleidun grew up in the future, he could become a great helper to Luoning; after all, they were brothers with a good relationship.

"How is your cultivation recently? Don't just get busy with these things and neglect the main business," Luoning reminded him.

"Don't worry, Mother has given me many bottles of Enhancement Potion recently. Now my strength is at the Intermediate peak, and I estimate I will be able to break through in a few months."

Luoning nodded slightly; a sixteen-year-old Advanced Knight, Buleidun's talent was indeed good.

"Brother, this time when I came, Grandfather asked me to notify you. He said His Majesty the King is going to hold a funeral for the Hesusu family at the Royal Cemetery at the end of this month. Besides that, he also said the royal family might confer a title upon you, so you should arrive in time."

"Oh?"

Luoning was a bit surprised.

Bruno holding a funeral for Hesusu, and even rewarding Wushan Territory, were all things within reason.

After all, this incident had not been publicized to the outside world as Hesusu becoming an alien race; they were only treated as poor characters who had been controlled and killed by an alien race, while Wushan Territory were the heroes who saved Hesusu.

Regardless of whether this kind of propaganda is off-putting, at least in this era where information transmission is underdeveloped, many commoners and even minor nobles will still choose to believe this narrative.

But Luoning did not expect that he would actually be granted a title.

"Brother, what rank do you think the King will bestow upon you?"

Buleidun leaned in closer and said with a grin: "I think with your strength, His Majesty might as well make you a Duke, and then designate all of Hesusu's Yueguang Valley as your fief!"

Luoning couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this; despite Buleidun's large stature, his way of speaking was still a bit childish.

"A Duke is not that easy to come by."

Luoning shook his head: "Although my strength is decent, my rise has been too short, and to the outside world, my foundation is not yet deep enough. If a title is truly to be granted, it should be chosen between the ranks of Viscount and Count of the Kingdom."

To him, these two titles held no appeal; they were not as valuable as being given a few more Griffin. (End of chapter)